PLEASE HELP - dd refusing to eat

[emmywoo]

I have a 1yo dd (turned 1 on Firday just gone) and over the last week is just not eating. she is having her breakfast of weetabix fine in the morning but when it comes to lunch she is just not interested and has a paddy when you try and feed her. I have tried her on loads of her favourite foods but nothing seems to work. She will eat her yogurts and if as a last resort I have her some quavers or mini chedders she will have these no problem. She is teething at the mo but seems absolutly fine in herself. Please help as really worried and as 1st time mum don't know what to do. Pleas help.

IF she is teething and eating breakfast I wouldn't worry.

Stressing over it can turn it into long term problem (been there, done that ). SO if she doesn't want lunch just take it away, don't offer her lots of different foods and wait till next normal mealtime.

Is she eating her tea?

Tis stressful when they don't eat - but don't let them know about it.

Older children can survive well on the equivilent of a boiled egg per day, so if she is eating breakfast, health wise there isn't anything to worry about.

Just to echo ArmadilloDaMan. My dd (nearly 2) has had phases of faddy eating and I know how stressful it is, and I have often fallen into the trap of giving snacks just to get her to eat anything. But once I stopped doing that and just kept giving her lunch/tea etc with no alternatives she started to eat them again. There were times when she would eat just a couple of mouthfuls and I would think, how can she survive on so little. But my mum told me no healthy child will willingly starve themselves. And if she's teething, it's probably a bit painful to eat and she possible hasn't got much appetite. Just make sure she drinks plenty and keep offering her nutritious meals but don't make a thing of it if she doesn't eat it all.

Hi

Thanks for your replies. She isn't too fussed about her tea either. Normally she sits in her highchair good as gold and eats everything I give to her, but same at lunch and tea it is a real power struggle. I would have thought that by tea time she would have been starving but again she doesn't seem that interested.

It is because she has turned 1. They all do it, they are demons when the officially become toddlers

Seriously though, my dd is 19 months and some days she eats nothing apart from a few grapes. I know it is easier said than done but please just try not to worry. I used to have a couple of weeks of stressing then dd would have a week of eating everything is sight and then nothing again. Just to warn you that this could go on for a while and try to stay calm. Also, look at the amount of food she has in a week rather than a day.

Sorry no advice, but hth!